The Maze and garden behind the palace

 The grounds were gorgeous.  The Governor had a maze built and maintained behind his Palace.  The kids ran through the maze and we were able to watch from above.

The gardens were amazing also.  

Williamsburg, Virginia 18th Century-The Governor's Palace

 Our tour guide that took us through the Governor's Palace

 The entry way to the Palace.  Lots of guns and knifes hanging on the walls.

 Rooms in the Palace

 The grand ball room in bright blue and the guest dining hall in bright green.  The color on your walls showed your statues.

All 3 groups that are on the bus.  California, (San Diego); Alaska, (Sitka); and Idaho, (Rexburg).  To keep us all together they called us Patriots.  

Powhatan Indian Village

 The Powhatan Indians made their houses out of really soft grasses and made them water proof.

 The kids experienced first hand how to scrap the hair off the hides to make it wearable.

A lady demonstrated how to weave bowls and how they used turtle shells as plates.  Also the boys learned how to turn rope.  

Jamestown settlement in the 16th Century

 A man did a demonstration on how to load and fire a musket of that time.  It is quite a process to get a shot off.  And it was really loud.

 Life in Jamestown inside the fort.  They made their canoes by burning out the inside of logs and scrapping that out.

 Some of the building inside the fort.

 They cooked over an open fire and baked in a clay oven.

 Inside the church

The stored everything inside large barrels.  A person that made the barrels was called a Carter.

Arrival in Jamestown

(a) Our group made friends with the kids on our bus from Alaska, especially Hunter Taylor and CJ Belisle.
(b)  Our group of 7.

 Our tour guide explained the arrival of the ship the Susan Constant.  The people working at Jamestown all wore clothes of that day.

 We boarded the sip and learned how life would have been if we had lived on the ship.

Both groups, Madison and Alaska.  

16th Century-Jamestown Museum

The museum had a lot of interesting fact about what went on in the 16th Century at the Jamestown Settlement.  

Washington DC Trip-Tuesday-Day 1

Kinsley and I are going on a trip to Washinton DC with the Junior High.  We are traveling with Worldstrides  Discovery Now Program.  We are just leaving the Idaho Falls airport.  Our flight leaves at 7:30 am

 Debbie Munns is the director from Madison Junior High.

 We are traveling with Heidi and Bret Bagley

 We are traveling with Austin and Shanna Hill

 Today was a travel day.  We started  at the Idaho Falls airport, traded planes at the Salt Lake City airport and flew into Regan International airport in Washington DC.

 Our whole group together at the airport

 A few sights in DC as we were leaving

 Next we did a bus ride to Williamsburg, Virginia  (about 3 hours)  We stopped half way and ate a Golden Corral.

 We checked into the Fort Magruder Hotel and Conference Center.  The grounds around the motel are really pretty.  Lots of green.

The kids went swimming in the pool as soon as re arrived.  There are several groups of kids here on the same program.